DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1602Z June 06, 2011
Continental U.S. Most of the eastern two thirds of the US is under light to moderate smoke mixed with haze. The smoke also extends well offshore into the Atlantic and covers the northern half of the Gulf of Mexico. Much of the smoke originates from the Wallow and Horseshoe fires in Arizona but in the Great Lakes states there is likely a component from former Alaskan/Canadian fires and in the southeast, there is likely component from fires in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. A large area of heavy smoke extends from central Texas into Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. Alaska/Canada: A swath of mostly light to moderate remnant smoke extends from the northern Alaska into the northern Yukon, Northwest Territories, and then southeastward through Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and into northwestern Ontario. A patch of heavy smoke over central Saskatchewan and Manitoba provinces is from fires still producing smoke in northwest Alberta. Northern Mexico Areas of light to moderate smoke as well as isolated smoke plumes can be seen in northern Mexico from agricultural burning. Liddick THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov